ANKARA, Turkey — An explosion at a tax office in the Turkish capital was caused by a bomb — not a gas leak as initially believed, authorities said Friday, adding that the suspected bomber had been killed in a police operation. The Ankara governor’s office said authorities had also detained eight people suspected of links to the alleged bomber, whom it identified as a man who had trained with Kurdish militants in Syria. Thursday’s explosion damaged the tax office building in the city’s Cukurambar district but did not cause any casualties. The statement identified the bomber as Ersen Ertogan, born in 1991, who had entered Turkey illegally from Syria. It said he was killed in a pre-dawn raid Friday to apprehend him.

Source: National Post February 02, 2018 16:56 UTC